{"id":230411,"date":"2025-10-21T17:10:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T17:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/230411\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T17:10:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T17:10:09","slug":"samsung-galaxy-xr-launch-live-samsungs-mixed-reality-headset-set-to-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/230411\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung Galaxy XR launch LIVE \u2014 Samsung\u2019s mixed reality headset set to debut"},"content":{"rendered":"

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2025-10-21T17:08:44.540Z
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It’s not too late to save on the Galaxy XR headset \u2014 or whatever else Samsung announces tonight. In the spirit of similar promotions ahead of Galaxy Unpacked events, Samsung is promising a $100 credit if you register your name and email address with the company<\/a> ahead of the 10 p.m. ET event. You aren’t under any obligation to pre-order the device, and you can apply any other pre-order offers that Samsung may make leading up to the release of its headset.<\/p>\n

2025-10-21T16:42:33.355Z
\nAn early Project Moohan hands-on<\/p>\n

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It’s rare that I’ve had the chance to try out a product before it’s announced, but that’s the case with the Galaxy XR. I attended Google I\/O in May, and Samsung was at that event offering demos of its Project Moohan headset<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I was impressed by what I saw at the time, and I’m not really inclined to enjoy using headsets. I did appreciate the passthrough view on Project Moohan, which let me see the world around me, without that feeling of being cut off that I get when using Meta’s headgear.<\/p>\n

As you might imagine at an event focused on Google’s software efforts, a lot of the demo focused on the Android XR platform and how Google apps will work on Samsung’s headset. Using gesture controls, I tried out apps like Photos, YouTube and Google Maps \u2014 the latter was easily my favorite demo, as I could get a bird’s eye view of a city and then dive in for a closer look at various points of interest.<\/p>\n

2025-10-21T16:15:02.932Z
\nWhat will the Galaxy XR cost?<\/p>\n

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As with any new product launch, the biggest question surrounding the Galaxy XR is how much the headset will cost. Samsung hasn’t had much to say in this regard, though at least one report out of Korea has forecast what the price might be.<\/p>\n

Back in August, a publication called Newsworks listed a price range for Samsung’s mixed reality headset<\/a>, claiming it could cost between $1,800 and $2,900. At the high end of that range, the Galaxy XR would cost less than the $3,499 Vision Pro headset. However, Meta’s top offering, the Meta Quest 3<\/a>, starts at $499. So that’s quite a bit of a price gap.<\/p>\n

2025-10-21T16:02:32.213Z
\nRumored specs<\/p>\n

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Samsung hasn’t had much to say about the specs for its new headset. But leakers haven’t been so reticent, with a report claiming to detail the specs for Galaxy XR<\/a> leaking earlier this month. Here’s what it listed:<\/p>\n

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Display<\/p>\n

4K micro-OLED, 29 million pixels, 4,032 PPI<\/p>\n

Processor<\/p>\n

Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2<\/p>\n

Software<\/p>\n

Samsung One UI XR<\/p>\n

Audio<\/p>\n

Spatial audio, 2-way speakers<\/p>\n

Sensors<\/p>\n

Hand, eye and voice tracking<\/p>\n

Controllers<\/p>\n

Two Galaxy XR controllers, 6 DoF, analog sticks, haptic feedback<\/p>\n

Battery life<\/p>\n

Up to 2 hours of general use, 2.5 hours of video playback<\/p>\n

Weight<\/p>\n

18.2 ounces (545 grams)<\/p>\n

Buttons<\/p>\n

Volume button, Top button<\/p>\n

Other<\/p>\n

6 front cameras, LED light, power connector, air vents, Light shields<\/p>\n

2025-10-21T01:09:42.198Z
\nGalaxy XR vs Apple Vision Pro<\/p>\n

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Assuming a ship date sometime in the next month or so, Samsung’s Galaxy XR headset will arrive more than 1.5 years after Apple’s Vision Pro headset arrived. In fact, Apple has even updated the Vision Pro, releasing a new version that runs on M5 silicon<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Any time Apple and Samsung release products in the same category, you’re going to see comparisons spring up \u2014 especially since the Galaxy XR and Vision Pro have similar designs and seem to offer many of the same experiences (at least if we go by the demos Samsung has shown up until now).<\/p>\n

Based on what we know so far about all the Project Moohan disclosures and augmented by leaked reports of the device’s specs, we’ve put together a Galaxy XR vs. Apple Vision Pro M<\/a>5 comparison. But one of the biggest differences could be price as even if the Galaxy XR hits the higher end of its rumored price range, it would still cost hundreds of dollars less than Apple’s $3,499 headset.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Refresh 2025-10-21T17:08:44.540Z Samsung’s savings (Image credit: Samsung) It’s not too late to save on the Galaxy XR headset…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":230412,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[64,63,105,238,239,240],"class_list":["post-230411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-virtual-reality","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-technology","tag-virtual-reality","tag-virtualreality","tag-vr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230411\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}